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ID number: BIRBI-CR013 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Bohemond VI; Tripoli Denomination: Gros Place made: Tripoli Culture: Medieval Date made: 1251-1275 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.70 Weight (g): 4.25 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 4064; bt at the Cheltenham Congress 12.v.1963. |
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Description: Obverse: cross in octofoil pattern within dotted border. Reverse: star in octofoil pattern.
Inscriptions: Obverse: + BOϵMVNDVS : COMϵS (Count Bohemond). Reverse: + C·IV·I·TAS͘:͘TR·I·POL·I· (City of Tripoli).
Bibliography: CCS p. 174 no. 22. Metcalf 2nd ed p. 20 no. 490
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